What time is Al Murray’s Make Christmas Great Again on TV and who is appearing alongside him?

The comedian is returning to our screens for a festive special as The Pub Landlord

By Imogen Groome

22nd December 2017, 12:15 pm

Updated: 22nd December 2017, 12:51 pm

Al Murray is heading to our screens this Christmas for a festive special commissioned by ITV, called Make Christmas Great Again.

The Pub Landlord is returning for a one-off show this festive season - here’s the lowdown…

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Al Murray is returning to Make Christmas Great Again

What is Al Murray’s Make Christmas Great Again?

Al Murray is back with his trademark humour and this time he will be engaging in seasonal games featuring celebrity guests.

The special will take place in The Reindeer’s Head, home of The Pub Landlord.

He will be leading festive sing-a-longs with the audience and inviting members of the public to win early Christmas presents in games such as “Wrong Answer” and “Robot Reindeer Rodeo” - where a celebrity guest will be climbing on the back of “Buckarudolph”.

It will air on tonight (Friday, December 22) at 9pm on ITV.

Which guests are appearing on Make Christmas Great Again?

Al will be joined by a host of famous faces on his show, including Richard E. Grant, Joey Essex and members of McFly.

Al Murray has raked in a fortune thanks to his alter-ego, The Pub Landlord

When did Al Murray create The Pub Landlord?

Al Murray debuted The Pub Landlord at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1994. He appeared alongside Harry Hill and and Matthew Bradstock-Smith in the show Pub Internationale.

Murray's theatre show My Gaff, My Rules - where he appeared in character as The Pub Landlord - was short-listed for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2002.

He has also appeared in character as The Pub Landlord in the series Time Gentlemen Please, as well as a number of other television appearances, including the An Audience with... strand.

As The Pub Landlord, Al has hosted several television programmes including Fact Hunt, Live at the Apollo and Dave's Compete for the Meat, which is co-hosted by Zöe Salmon, and ITV chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour, which won a British Comedy Award for Best New Entertainment Comedy.

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Who is Al Murray?

Al Murray is an English comedian and TV personality.

He has appeared in many TV shows throughout his career.

In 2003, Murray appeared on an episode of the BBC's Time Commanders. In 2004, he appeared as a contestant in the first series of Gordon Ramsay's reality show Hell's Kitchen and in 2005 as a contestant on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.

He has also presented Al Murray's Road to Berlin on the Discovery Channel and starred in Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, a sketch show, which aired in early 2009.

Murray made a documentary on German culture for BBC4, Al Murray's German Adventure, in which he presented a different side of the German nation from the one portrayed by The Pub Landlord.

He's also appeared on Top Gear as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.